Improved shoemaker s tool



UNITE STATES l ATENT OFFICE.,

IMPRovED sHoEMAKERs`, Too| ySpecification forming part of Letters PatentN0. 104.658, dated June 21, 1870.

To a/ZZ whom it may concern? Beit known that I, CAMILLE ST. GERMAIN,

of Oxford, in the county of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts,have invented a newand useful Combination-Tool,

and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference ,being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming part of' this specication, in which Y Figure lrepresents a perspective view of myimproved combinationtool, and Fig. 2represehts a longitudinal central section of the same.

To enable those skilled in the art to which my invention belongs to makeand use the same, I will proceed to describe it more in detail. Y.

The nature of my invention consists in a combination-tool, ashereinafter described.

My combination-tool is designed more especiallyfor the use of boot andshoe makers in nishingthe edges of the soles and heels; but it may beapplied to use in some other branches of' business. It consists of ahandle (marked in the drawings A) upon the end of which are vformed aseries`of shoulders, B, for

` burnishing edges. These shoulders are of different sizes to suitthe`different thicknesses of stock. At one end is formed a plainbead, C,for creasing corners,while at the other end, set in a'suitable recess,D, is abeading-wheel, E, for beading aroundl the heels.' The wheel E ishung upon a pivot, e, as indicated, and all of the parts are combinedina very compact and convenient form, and by its use the operator issaved the trouble of picking up and `laying down three distinct tools,as is the usual custom. y Y

It will be observedthat the arrangement of the shoulders B B B2 andbead-'wheel E. is such that the operator does not have to turn the toolaround in his hand during the whole operation, the small shouldersBB2iitting the shank where the edges are thin, and the' shoulder Bfitting the fore part, Where the soles are double and the edges thick,while the beadwheel E is to ornament the heel, at its edge, near theupper, all of which operations can be performed without releasing orturning the tool, thus greatly expediting and diminishing the labor offinishing the edges of boots or shoes.

Having describedV my improved combination-tool,what I claim therein asnew, and of my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent as anew article of manufacture, is- A tool composed of a series ofburnishingshoulders, B, aplainbead, C, a beading-Wheel,

E, and handle, A, said parts being constructed and arranged in relationto each other, sub stantially as shown and described.

CAMILLE ST. GERMAIN.

Witnesses:

Tues. H. DODGE, CHAs. H. BURLEIGH.

